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Seattle geography is very neighborhood dependent. We lived in Ballard for three years and it was one of the best places I’ve ever lived. Ballard has the advantage of very gradual hills (other than climbing up from the water), whereas neighborhoods like Queen Anne or Magnolia can mean you live on a 15% street.
I never felt that there was any lack of road riding—or riding of any type—and my friends and I rode year round. Yes, it gets wet but generally it’s pretty light rain and it doesn’t get that cold (I moved there from Denver, which is also a great place to ride but definitely can present more winter obstacles). Road rides around Mercer Island are awesome; gravel rides on the Olympic peninsula; MTB at Tiger…there’s so much riding.
If I was moving to the area I would strongly consider Bellingham.
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